Golf bag



Sept. 12, H, CONKLIN 2,358,057.

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1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in golf bags, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character comprising novel means'for supporting the bag in an inclined position in a manner to facilitate the placing of the clubs therein and the removal of said clubs'therefrom.

Another very important object of the inventio is to provide, in a golf bag comprising a pair of pivotally mounted supporting legs, a novel construction and arrangement whereby said legs, when not in use, may be expeditiously removed and stored in the bag with the clubs.

Other objects of the invention are to provide I a golf bag of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong;

durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure'l is a view in side elevation of a golf bag provided with supports constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing said supports in use.

Figure 2 is a View in front elevation of the bag "in an upright position.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section through an upper portion of the bag, showing the means for mounting the legs thereon, a portionof the leg illustrated being broken away in section.

Figure 4 is a top plan View of the portion of the invention shown in Figure 3.

Figures 5 and 6 are detail views in elevation of one of the leg attaching devices, looking at opposite sides thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that reference numeral I designates generally a golf bag of suitable construction. The open top of the bag I is provided with a conventional collar 2 having mounted therein the usual ring 3.

Mounted vertically on diametrically opposite sides of the upper portion of the bag I is a pair of metallic bars 4. The bars 4 are provided, on their upper ends, with integrahsubstantially U-' shaped clips 5 which are engageable over the collar 2 and the ring 3 of the bag I. This is shown to advantage'in Figure 3 or the drawings. The clips 5 have formed therein aligned openings 6 which accommodate bolts '1 for positively securing said clips in position on the bag, said bolts passing through the collar 2 beneath the ring 3, and having threaded thereon thumb nuts 8.

The bars 4 are provided, at intermediate points, x

with openings 9 which accommodate bolts l0.

Removable legs H are mounted for swinging movement on the bolts l0, said legs being secured by thumb nuts l2 which are threaded on said bolts. The legs ll comprise, on their upper ends, integral disks I3 which are journaled on the bolts 16 and with which the nuts 12 are engaged. As best seen in Figure 2 of the drawings,

the lower portions of the legs H are curved outwardly. 7

It is thought that the manner in which the invention functions will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing, Briefly, when a 'club is to be selected from the bag, said bag is placed on the ground and leaned forwardly. This causes the legs II to swing forwardly by gravity for engagement with the ground in a manner to support said bag in an inclined position, as seen inFigure 1 of the drawings. The clubs, as at M, may now be conveniently selected, removed from the bag and replaced. Whenthe support-' ing legs are not being used, they may be readily detached from the bars 4 and stored in the bag, by removing the thumb nuts l2. Or, the complete assemblies may be detached by removing the bolts 1 for permitting the clips 5 to he slipped off. 1 I 1 I l It is believed that the many advantages of a golf bag constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be'understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted ti) which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. For example, the supporting legs Il may be pivotally mounted directly on the collar 2 of the bag I, thereby omitting the elements 4, 5, Letc.

What is claimed is:

In combination with a golf bag, a pair of straight elongated bars disposed longitudinally of the bag at diametrically opposite sides of the upper portion of the latter, the upper ends of said bars being laterally enlarged at opposite sides and return bent to provide integral U-shaped clips engaged over the upper edge portion of the bag, the legs of said clips and the upper end of the bag having aligned openings, bolts passing through said openings and having nuts threaded on the outer ends thereof to detachably secure 7 the bars to the bag, a pair of similar elongated legs disposed at opposite sides of the bag, said legs having integral discs at their upper ends and curving away from the bag at their lower ends,

and means pivotally and detachably securing the discs of said legs to the outer sides of said bars and including bolts extending through the bars and legs and having nuts threaded on their outer golf bag on the ground at an inclination.

HERBERT CONKLIN." 

